OpenVZ vs KVM

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KVM

OpenVZ

Automatic OS installation

Yes

Yes

Encrypted Full disk volumes

Yes

No

Full virtualization

Yes

No

FUSE disk support

Yes

Yes

2nd level quotas

Yes

Yes1

iptables support

Yes

Yes

Price

Affordable

Cheap

Modern / custom kernels

Yes

No (2.6.+)

Shared Kernel with Node

No

Yes(2.6.+)

BSD & Windows support

Yes

No

Load custom ISOs

Yes

No

TUN/TAP & PPP support

Yes

Yes

Note:1Open ticket to enable second level quotas for OpenVZ. This is primarily required for cPanel

As you can see, KVM is the big winner. But there has to be a downside right? The biggest issue is the higher cost. At CrownCloud, we were able to reduce these cost a lot in order to provide reasonable prices for our KVM range.